Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.1ml
22km SSW of Bodfish, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.1 (ml)
- Depth
- 4.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- 6 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Kern County, 18 km WSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2817 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 6 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1,200 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 280,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 12,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 8,800× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.1 about 1,200 lb of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.3× more
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
Where
Epicentre 35.3913, -118.5443. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kern County, CA | 18 km (11 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Kern County |
| Tulare County, CA | 96 km (59 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Tulare County |
| Ventura County, CA | 127 km (79 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Ventura County |
| Kings County, CA | 137 km (85 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Kings County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
44 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 23km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.8 9km ESE of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.5 15km S of Bodfish, CA
- 2.1 15km S of Bodfish, CA
- 1.8 13km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.8 20km SSW of Bodfish, CA
- 3.4 19km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 2.3 22km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.9 26km NNW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.8 9km WSW of Lamont, CA
- 2.1 20km SE of Bodfish, CA
- 2.5 23km NW of Tehachapi, CA
- 1.8 23km ENE of Arvin, CA
- 1.8 17km SSE of Bodfish, CA
- 1.6 6km NNE of Tehachapi, CA
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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